BANGOR – Josh Frost of Bangor Christian scored 14 points to lead a balanced attack as the Away team edged the Home squad 86-84 in the annual Penobscot Valley Conference Classes C-D boys senior all-star game played at Husson College on Thursday night. Kristin Violette… Read More
    Although Saturday’s girls basketball state champions got most of their offensive production out of their forwards and centers, guards for both Dexter and Woodland came up with big games, too. For the Class D champ Dragons, the defense provided by Rachel Torrey, Katie Murphy, and… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Dexter girls basketball team found a special way to celebrate the second anniversary of the school’s first-ever Class C state championship. The Tigers took to the same court – the Augusta Civic Center – and marked the day with another state crown. Read More
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    BANGOR – The Presque Isle girls basketball team has experienced the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs at the Bangor Auditorium. For two years in a row, the Wildcats left the Auditorium after losses in the Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal… Read More
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    At least it’s not Dirigo. The Dexter girls basketball team will face a stiff challenge when they head to Augusta Saturday for the Class C state final, but it won’t come from the Cougars of Dixfield. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Those who monitored the turnstiles at this year’s Eastern Maine high school basketball tournament most closely had to be happy whether the venue was the Bangor Auditorium or the Augusta Civic Center. Fans turned out in greater numbers this year for both the Class A… Read More
    BANGOR – It may have been their closest Eastern Maine Class C final yet. It was definitely their grittiest. The No. 1 Dexter girls basketball team got a tough test from No. 7 Central, but the Tigers overcame the rival Red Devils to win their… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Cony of Augusta girls basketball team struck from the outside early and held on from the inside late to down Skowhegan 65-58 in the Eastern Maine Class A final at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday afternoon. The win was the 43rd… Read More
    BANGOR – With her team’s lead down to just three points late in the fourth quarter, Woodland’s Courtney Cochran admitted some concern. “We got kind of scared,” said Cochran, a 5-foot-11 sophomore forward, “but we played well when we needed to.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The John Bapst Crusaders used clutch free-throw shooting, stellar guard play, and dominated on the glass, along with a little home-court luck, to outlast the No. 6 Panthers of Waterville 35-27 in an Eastern Maine Class B girls semifinal at the Bangor Auditorium Wednesday. Seventh-seeded… Read More
    BANGOR – The 18-year run of semifinal appearances for the Calais girls basketball team is over, thanks to the late defensive plays of Houlton in Wednesday morning’s Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium. The No. 5 Shiretowners got 12 points apiece from… Read More
    BANGOR – Even though the Presque Isle girls basketball team beat MDI twice in the regular season, the Wildcats sensed they’d see something different from the Trojans as the teams met in an Eastern Maine Class B semifinal Wednesday night. MDI did throw something different… Read More
    BANGOR – So much for the seedings. Fort Kent and Central of Corinth, which split a pair of regular-season games but finished sixth and seventh in the final Eastern Maine Class C girls basketball standings, earned a third meeting in Friday’s regional semifinals with quarterfinal… Read More
    LINCOLN – Dylan Hanscom grabbed an offensive rebound and scored with a half-second remaining in overtime to lead No. 8 Mattanawcook Academy to a 61-59 Eastern Maine Class B preliminary basketball win over Camden Hills of Rockport Wednesday. The Lynx will face top-seeded Maranacook of… Read More
    DEER ISLE – Eben Powers and Rob Brown netted 12 points apiece to lead top-ranked Deer Isle-Stonington to an 78-43 Eastern Maine Class D boys basketball preliminary win over Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook Wednesday. The Mariners will face No. 9 Jonesport-Beals in a 3:35… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – Caleb Rosser sank both ends of a one-and-one with six seconds to play as the No. 10 Caribou Vikings upset No. 7 Mount Desert Island 38-36 in an Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball preliminary game Wednesday. The win sets up a… Read More
    BANGOR – It has been many years since the John Bapst girls basketball team has made a tournament appearance on its home court – the Bangor Auditorium. Years spent in Class A represented part of that struggle, but now in their first year back in… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Samantha Lyons scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter to lead No. 1 Stearns past No. 2 Katahdin of Stacyville, 47-34, in the PVC Class C and D Championship JV Girls Basketball Tournament. In the championship game, Adrianna Eurich scored… Read More
    CARIBOU – The John Bapst Crusaders used a balanced scoring attack to record a 45-40 schoolboy basketball victory over the Caribou Vikings in their regular-season finale Friday night. Logan Adams scored 10 points for the Crusaders of Bangor while Tyler Gagnon and Ethan Cushman each… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – Erica Govoni scored nine of her 15 points in the fourth quarter as Washington Academy held off Lee Academy for a 52-46 schoolgirl basketball win in their regular-season finale Friday night. Ashley Tilton led the Raiders with 18 points. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ASHLAND – Ashley Nemer and Mindy Chasse each scored six points in the fourth quarter to lift Ashland to a 52-44 schoolgirl basketball win over Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics Friday night. Nemer finished with a game-high 21 points, three on the 100th 3-point… Read More
    BANGOR – Andy Nickerson couldn’t have asked for much more from his Brewer girls basketball team Thursday night. The Witches played a tough zone defense, they hit shots from the perimeter, and they rebounded right with the taller girls on the Bangor team. But in… Read More
    HOWLAND – The Penobscot Valley Howlers used a 17-7 fourth-quarter scoring edge to knock off the Stearns Minutemen 50-42 in schoolgirl basketball action Wednesday night. Kelsy Lavertu paced the Howlers with 15 points, 15 rebounds and five steals. Jenn Plourde chipped in with nine points… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – Jarred Sternberg scored a layup off a pass from Corey Colbeth with 0.5 seconds left to lift Washington Academy to a 56-64 high school boys basketball victory over Woodland Wednesday night. Sternberg finished with 16 points while Mike Von Rotz added 13… Read More
    FORT KENT – Kristin Violette and Meagan Charette combined for 25 points and 45 rebounds to lead the Fort Kent Warriors to a 57-48 girls basketball upset of previously unbeaten Presque Isle Wednesday night. For the 11-7 Warriors, Marissa Albert scored 20 points after hitting… Read More
    ORONO – Derek McGillicuddy scored three goals to lead the Stearns Minutemen to an 8-1 high school hockey victory over Old Town at Alfond Arena Monday night. Mike Simon added two goals and assisted on three others for the 2-12 Minutemen Millinocket, while Nate Cyr… Read More
    EASTPORT – The Shead Tigerettes outscored the Machias Bulldogs 22-6 and had eight steals in the fourth quarter to rally for a key 50-46 Class D high school girls basketball victory Monday. Tonya Cook tallied 16 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks and Laureta Ricker… Read More
    ST. AGATHA – Sarah Long poured in a game-high 23 points and Samantha Brewer tossed in 12 to lead Central Aroostook to a 54-30 schoolgirl Class D basketball win over Wisdom Monday. Andrea Long scored 10 points for the Panthers of Mars Hill. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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    WOODLAND – Michelle Ferry scored 14 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to power the Woodland Dragons past Calais 44-36 in schoolgirl basketball action Friday night. Rachel Torrey added nine points for Woodland, and Courtney Cochran had eight. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    STACYVILLE – Owen McCarthy scored a game-high 20 points to lead Katahdin to a 65-57 schoolboy basketball victory over Schenck of East Millinocket on Friday night. Keith Anderson and Alex McAvoy each chipped in 12 points for the Cougars. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    LEE – Tom Bird scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Lee Academy Pandas to a 74-57 pointworthy victory over the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Everett Houghton tossed in 12 points, including four 3-pointers, while Peter Pickering, Tyler Thompson,… Read More
    LEWISTON – Josh Seeley stopped all 28 shots he faced to earn his first shutout of the year as the Bangor Rams earned a 2-0 high school hockey win over the Lewiston Blue Devils at the Colisee Wednesday night. Dan Shufelt scored on a Dylan… Read More
    BLUE HILL – Robin Daley scored nine of his 19 points in the fourth quarter including two free throws with 11 seconds remaining to give the Mount Desert Island boys basketball team a 43-40 victory over George Stevens Academy Wednesday. Kyle Staples had nine points… Read More
    LIMESTONE – Shana Martin popped in a game-high 18 points to pace the Southern Warriors of Dyer Brook past the Limestone Eagles, 51-42 in high school girls basketball action Wednesday. Kaylea Collier added 15 points for Southern Aroostook. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BANGOR – Christin Pelletier’s defense helped propel Bangor Christian to a 48-41 girls basketball victory over Deer Isle-Stonington at Husson College’s Newman Gym on Monday. The Patriots used a “box-and-one” to hold the Mariners’ Audra Eaton to three second-half points. Eaton had scored 14 in… Read More
    HODGDON – Megan Lajoie sank two free throws in overtime to lift the Van Buren Crusaders to a 40-38 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Hodgdon Hawks Monday. Lajoie finished with 24 points and Lisa Levasseur had nine points for the Crusaders. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Kayla Allen hit a 3-pointer, her only basket of the game, with 11 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, then Lindsey Gordon scored six of her 10 points in the extra period to lead the Bucksport girls basketball team to a 50-45 high school victory… Read More
    VAN BUREN – Megan Lajoie scored the game-winning free-throw with 16 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Van Buren Crusaders a 35-34 upset win over the Fort Fairfield Tigers in high school girls basketball action Friday night. Lajoie scored a game-high 15 points to… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – Michelle Ferry poured in a game-high 19 points to lead the Woodland girls basketball team past Lee Academy, 61-53 in high school action Friday night. Courtney Cochran tossed in 14 points to go along with 14 rebounds and Rachel Torrey chipped in with… Read More
    ORONO – Matt Cummings scored a game-high 21 points as Penobscot Valley of Howland held off Orono 60-53 in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Ryan Ware chipped in with 15 points for the Howlers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    WINSLOW – Matt Boehmer scored one goal and assisted on another as the Bangor High hockey team earned a 3-2 victory over Winslow in action at Sukee Arena Wednesday. Dan Shufelt and Mike McPike added a goal each and Ben Silver an assist for the… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – Courtney Cochran scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Woodland Dragons earned their eighth consecutive victory, 70-59 over the Shead Tigerettes in schoolgirl basketball action Wednesday. Rachel Torrey added 16 points for Woodland, while Michelle Ferry scored 14. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    CARIBOU – Jeremiah Fitzherbert scored 18 points to lead a balanced attack as the Caribou Vikings earned their eighth win, 61-49 over the Fort Kent Warriors in schoolboy basketball action Wednesday. Caleb Rosser added 15 points for Caribou, while Kyle Corrigan and Jarryd Rossignol scored… Read More
    HOULTON – Rachel Foster notched a double-double with 19 points 12 rebounds to lead the Houlton girls basketball team to a 51-26 Class C victory over Stearns in high school action Monday. Keegan Hovey tossed in 12 points for the Shiretowners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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    ASHLAND – Cameron York led five players in double figures with 23 points as Central Aroostook Panthers of Mars Hill cruised to their 11th straight victory, 84-52 over the Ashland Hornets in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Andrew York added 16 points for the Panthers,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Matt Karst hit a running jump shot from the elbow with less then a second remaining to lift the Ellsworth Eagles to their second victory over the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx this season, 54-52 in high school boys basketball action Friday night. Ellsworth beat… Read More
    BREWER – Elizabeth Cote scored 12 of her team-high 19 points in the second half and hit all four of her free throw attempts in the fourth quarter as the Brewer High girls basketball team outscored Old Town 19-10 in the fourth quarter en route to a 59-47… Read More
    AUGUSTA – It’s been three years since the Cony girls basketball team found itself with a deficit at halftime. And the famously intense coach Paul Vachon wasn’t even too mad at his team during halftime of Monday afternoon’s KVAC crossover matchup against Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BREWER – Brad Libby scored seven of his nine points in the third overtime to power the Brewer Witches to a 66-59 schoolboy basketball victory over the Lawrence Bulldogs Monday. Chris Wilson hit 10 of 12 shots in the overtime sessions to help Brewer prevail. Read More
    MACHIAS – Christiannah Holmes poured in 30 points, grabbed 18 rebounds, and made four steals to lead the Machias Bulldogs to a 45-24 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners Monday. Stephanie Whitman added seven rebounds and four steals for the Bulldogs. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    MADAWASKA – Andrew York scored 19 of his 33 points in the second half as the Central Aroostook Panthers of Mars Hill pulled away for a 73-57 schoolboy basketball victory over the Madawaska Owls Monday. Tim Carlson had 16 points for the Panthers and Taylor… Read More
    BREWER – Jack Garrity’s shot from the paint with one second left in double overtime gave the Erskine Academy Eagles a 70-68 boys basketball win over Brewer, their second straight this season, here Friday night. Nathan Haskell led the Eagles of South China with 33… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Ashley Kelly netted a team-high 18 points as the Hermon Hawks rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to defeat the Bucksport Golden Bucks, 49-43 in schoolgirl basketball action Wednesday night. Cassie White added 11 points for Hermon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ORONO – The John Bapst girls basketball team has had its struggles from the free-throw line, but the Crusaders made the most of their chances from the line Wednesday night against Orono. Chere Wickstrom put forth the best effort of all, hitting nine of her… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – Senior point guard Stephen Newell scored a career-high 31 points to lead the host Woodland Dragons to a 65-45 Downeast Athletic Conference high school boys basketball win over the Shead Tigers Wednesday. Newell also had nine rebounds and four steals. Freshman Ben Sears… Read More
    LIMESTONE – Junior center Danny Hayes scored 17 of his 19 points after intermission as the Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics boys basketball team knocked off Easton 53-46 for its fourth straight victory in high school action Wednesday. Hayes also grabbed 12 rebounds for… Read More
    ORRINGTON – Peter Pickering tossed in a game-high 18 points to lead the Lee Academy Pandas to a 67-40 high school boys basketball win over the Calvary Chapel Christian Sabers Monday night. John Konnick added 13 more for the Pandas, who outscored Calvary Chapel 21-11… Read More